Crystal River current., 1887-08-27
A Home of Our Own.
Zenas Dane, in Good housekeepin


zsnas Dane, in Good housekeeping,
describes an experience not unkno wn
to some of our readers:
Iwrite this from under my own vine
and fig tree, from beneath a roof OF
my own. am a landed proprietor,
n taxpayer, the owner OF a bit OF
ground and house in the freshness
and beauty OF its first painting and
papering ard polishing. Ever since
our marriage, seven years ago, my
wife and have longed for this day to
some. We have saved and "scrimp-
ed," and hoped and prayed for it,and
at last it has come to pass. We have
paid out hundreds OF dollars in rent,
and have been moved and hustled
around from house to house, and
place to place, in the romanic manner
too common among young married
people in America.
No one can know with what a
breath of infinite relief I said last
week to Mrs. Dane, at the close OF q
wearisome moving day. "Well, my
dear, thank the fates this is our last
move"
"Well, Hope so, for goodness sake"
said Mrs. Dane, with marked force.
And when our two cherished Brus-
sells carpets were being slashed into
SO recklessly to fit the parlor and sit
ting-room, Mrs. Dane said gratefully:
"Well, it's the last time they will
have to be cut, for they are down to
stay now; that's one consolation.
The home we are so happy in is not
all paid for, but we see our way clear
to pay for it in time, and any kind OF
homeis preferable to q lifelong pay
ing OF rent. Young married people
should start out in life with the fixed
determination OF putting a roof over
their heads that they can call theirown;
and this is not such hard thing to
do in these days OF loan and building
associations and cheap rates OF in
terest. My interest and taxes are
not much more than hall the amount
l have been paying in rents.
1t is difficult to define the feeling one
has in home OF ones own. There is
something in being q "landed proprie-
tor" that tones up wonderfully and
adds dignity and earnestness to life.
You literally feel that you are some
body. Life takes on new meaning
and new joys; you have something to
live Tor and work for. l actually felt
positive pleasure in paying my taxes
yesterday, and felt sorry Tor the poor
fellows who haven't any taxes to pay.
l set out some rose bushes last
week, exulting in the thought that
they were mine. and neither they nor
were subject to the within or the in
terests OF some realestate agent, who
could give us thirty days notice and
then turn us adrift.
No longer am l % member OF the
mighty and miserable army of house
hunters. My rent days are done. l
drive nails and tacks. and hammer
and pound when and where l please.
When ! come home from my Office at
night, it is home indeed to me.
And when one has children it is more
necessary than ever that there be a
place for them that they can call home;
q place that they can love and remem-
Der as home throughout all their lives.
hope to see the children OF my g.
months-old baby playing in this house
some day. We have bought q good
house because we think we shall live
in this city all our lives. and we never
want to go through the miseries OF
another family move.
A home OF your own is. insist, the
very best Investment O young couple
can make. 1t is something worth
saving and working and living for.